8:57 am in botanical, composting, do it yourself, food, insects, permaculture, united states, zero waste by TreeHugger
Image credit: BlackSoldierFly
It made it into
this infographic on which composting method is best for you, but it's fair to say that grub composting—or the practice of disposing of organic waste by feeding it to black soldier fly larvae—is still relatively obscure. Yet, as I noted in my post on a
commercially available grub composter, this method gets rid of veggie ...
Read the full story on TreeHugger 
2:42 pm in botanical, composting, composting toilets, permaculture, recycling, united states, zero waste by TreeHugger
Image credit: WellHome
From
worm composting to
building a DIY compost tumbler, TreeHugger is not short on information on different methods of composting. But how does each method stack up against the other? That was the question that inspired a slideshow on
8 method...Read the full story on TreeHugger 
8:09 am in animals, bathroom, botanical, composting toilets, permaculture, united states by TreeHugger
Image credit: Root Simple
I've mused before about one composting no-no—whether or not you can
compost dirty diapers. And over at Planet Green, Colleen once listed
75 things you can compost but thought you couldn't. But there is one thing that is almost always considered a banned substance when it comes to compost—and that's cat poop. But that's not stopping one homesteading couple from letting their worms tackle ...
Read the full story on TreeHugger 
4:53 pm in Business & Politics, california, consumerism, do it yourself, permaculture, united states by TreeHugger
Image credit: Encyclopedia Pictura
From
anarchist bed and breakfasts to
communal woodland dwellings, we've featured a fair few DIY, low impact communities in our time. One of the most common criticisms we hear of the crunchier end of hippy living is that it is "neo-luddite", rejecting the modern world and hankering for a simpler, perhaps fictional, time. But that certa...
Read the full story on TreeHugger 
9:10 am in agriculture, farming, food, permaculture, united kingdom by TreeHugger
Image credit: stephengbooks
From
wild permaculture forest gardening on the BBC to a
tour of a 20-year-old permaculture garden, we've seen a fair few examples of "forest gardens"—edible landscapes designed to mimic the form and function of a young, natural woodland. But the concept os so different from either traditional farming, or most techniques for backyard food growing, that it is always worth...
Read the full story on TreeHugger 
8:37 am in agriculture, farming, food, permaculture, united states, utah by TreeHugger
Image credit: The Perennial Plate
When I posted on The Perennial Plate's episode on
finding wild food in New Mexico, I noted that it was an all together gentler affair than the previous weeks'
footage of feral pigs being trapped and slaughtered. But that's the beauty of this stunning travel/cooking show, which shows us food-related stories, experiences and characters that we might never get to see other...
Read the full story on TreeHugger 
1:29 pm in activism, Business & Politics, california, communities, permaculture, united states by TreeHugger
Image credit: ljs531
Despite what some critics of environmentalism might allege, TreeHugger is hardly a bastion of anarchist revolution. (You may have noticed an ad or two on our site.) Yet we like to look at all attempts to find greener, more sustainable living. From
low-impact living in communal woodland to
the Moneyless Man, we've showed a fair f...
Read the full story on TreeHugger 
4:49 pm in botanical, composting, permaculture, recycled, united states by TreeHugger
Image credit: BryanMaltais
From this
DIY compost tumbler to
The Garden Rock Star's "how to" instructional on building a compost tumbler, there seems to be a strong appetite out there for videos about building these compost-speeding devices. This latest video is a well made, step-by-step guide on building your own—and it is done using entirely repurposed materials. It's just a shame the mus...
Read the full story on TreeHugger 
Image credit: 
Image credit: 
